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Monday, January 18, 2010

Pumkin cake with orange syrup

one of my dear friends gave me a baking cook called "the best of fine cooking, sweet cakes". I love it. one of most intresting feature is that each cake has at least a picture or if it is necessary more photos of its baking steps. I like cooking books that have final photo of the cooking results, it is a kind of motivation for me.
well ,this weekend I baked a new cake from that book. here is the recipe:

heat the oven to 350 F.beat the softened butter and sugar and orange zest till light and fluffy with a mixer. one at a time, add the eggs and egg yolks ( keep the whites) . add the pumpkin and vanilla.
mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and cornmeal. add this mixture to the pumpkin batter at 3 stages and stir gently.then I add my walnuts and raisin mix.
in another clean bowel, whip the egg whites till they hold soft peaks ( with very clean whisk). very gently fold the egg whites in the batter and then pour the batter in your prepared pan; smooth the surface and bake about 40-50 minutes ( check with wooden skewer)
let it cool then dust it with sugar if you like ( I didn't do that)

MAKE THE SYRUP:

in a saucepan over low heat. combine the orange juice and sugar and mix till the sugar is dissolved. increase the heat a little and put it for 2 minutes without stirring. then when it was still warm I pour it on the cooled cake; and served it with caramel ice cream .

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Well, Hello there. I'm Mania. Wellcome to my Blog.

I love beautiful things: Design, art, photography, flowers, landscapes, pottery, jewellery, fashion, colours, music, people. I love to smile, basically I smile all the time and when I am not definitely something is wrong.

I love cooking and baking and eating. I enjoy experiencing new food and recipes. I try to have a healthy appetite but I do not ban myself from eating anything.

I enjoy keeping healthy and active. I like working out and doing exercises, yoga, taking walks and being outdoors.I enjoy dancing and dancing related workouts at gym and I’d like to do a bit more of them specially Latin dancing.

I’m a bit obsessed about shopping. Clothes, shoes, jewellery, make up and anything girly. But I’m a careful shopper; I’m always on the hunt for a bargain and deals. I do consider myself as a good shopper (which was also told by my friends), I am always on the search of well priced items which does not necessary means cheap, as cheap items will turn out to have cheap qualities too.

I enjoy being crafty, like drawing, painting, sewing, knitting and I wish I had more time to do each one of them.

I love going out, sitting in cafes, dining out, house gatherings, parties, barbecues, picnics! I live in a place that has winter for almost 6 months, so I cherish every minute of summer weather by outdoor activity of any kind.In winter times, I can’t think of anything more satisfying than sitting in front of TV, relaxing on a mushy couch, eating take-outs, lights on low, in my PJs and watching TV or reading. I’m a home girl at heart. I also love to go to movies, theatre, musicals, and spectacle occasionally.

Basically, I try to live a balanced life. Fun. Serious. Fast. Slow. Brainy. Relax. Intense. Lazy. My working situation is kinda serious, intense so I try to balance everything with my other passions. This blog is where I write about things I love to do, things that help me to keep my life in balance